The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-28

The foreign rlacarls nrc even more inter
csting. earn! Burn! Kill! Dcstroy!n
says one. 'IIe ready for the universal rcvo.
luton" says another. ''rhc only logic Is
that Of force. II has been used ugainst ls
for centuries: now let us Qlo people, make
use Of IT, Red Hays arc hung over hcsiagc,
rcd ribbons arc worn In the coat lapcls of the
men, and rs scarfs by the women, and every
man and woman present carries II rcd hand.
kcrClicf.
You should sec one Of these meetings. At
most of them the doors stand open md all
arc welcome, because there really arc no
secrets, and there Is no sincerity among the
managers, who want every ten cents that may
by any chance be contributed by whatever
stranger happens in. There arc II dozen
women IN the room-E8reign women, In awk-
wnri, ungraccful attire that Is made 10 look
MS masculine rs possible. There arc n hun.
drel men. They arc Russians, Bohcmians,
Hungarians, Frcnchmcn, Poles and Germans,
the Bohemians and Poles being in the ma.
iority. Nearly MI are bearded and nrcdrcSsel
like workingmen. They listen intently to the
speakers, but have n queer way Of talking
back to them. One man will rise and inter
rupt n speaker for five minutes another will
leap to his feet and, turning to the rest, will
assure them that tic personally knows that
what the orator is saying Is true. One thing
Is certain to set the whole audience to gruln-
ing and yelling ut n speaker. That is mildncss
or prudent advice, or talk Of ~postponing nc
ton for future years. An orator who urges
anything except almost immediate violence
is certain 10 excite intense disapprobation.
But the use they make Of their r%cdhandkcr-
chiefs is tIestrangcst thing in mn Anarchist
meeting. YOudOn't sec one handkerchief rs
they sit listening TO their jawsmith until sud-
denly he asks: allow will you give the sig
nal for the general slaughter" or lie says:
SIN what way will you know II another
or the day Of the great revolution ?" In
stantly from every masculine brcast-pocket
and from around every feminine throat n
rcd s~anguinary big handkerchief is pulled to
be b%randishcdin the mir with crazy energy
and enthusiasm. 1t would make your blood
run cold to hear them talk of their plans.
One plan that have heard is the seizure of
the arscnals, where they are all to arm and
then capture the elevated roads and shoot
down ut the people and the militia in the
streets.
Justus Schwab used to he the lcaling
rcvolutionist; now it is Johann Most. Most
is n notwithstanding man with his hair on
end and dark beard all over his fncc. lie
was sent 10 JUL u year MO for melting the
Anarchists To murder, and he cut such u
ridiculous figure when the police pulled him
out. all dirt and cobwcbs, from under his
female friends bel, that it would be easy
for any lazy and glib foreigner who wants to
step into his shoes to do SO. But before he
had his plumcs cut his head otficcin William
street was u regular thrOnc-roOm. II il the
office Of The Freiheit, n weekly revolutionary
PAPER. The printers worked whenever there
was no one there to set up the beer; when
they hnl beer they sat around II table and
talked like dangerous maniacs. lnthG room
were some two,lollar condemned army mus
kcts that Most used to sell for IS piece in
accordance with his teaching that every man
and woman should arm themselves. There
WERE, and ! suppose are yet. some clock
work internal machines, some cartridges for
holding dynamite and some circulars on sale
telling how to make aud Use dynamite, how
to talk the approved lunacy Of the Anarch-
lists, how To shoot and burn and all the rest.
l0ng,hairel lunatics from MI over the world
came there To SEE Most and lnt him on the
back aud tell him he was n great man.
Schwab is losing II great deal of his
enthusiasm and rccklusSncSS NOWADAYS